Samsung sells "commercial signage displays" which are kind of dumb TVs. The BE55T-H for example is 55in 4k for $600, stripped down OS / basically just HDMI in. BE65T-H is 65in for $800.
They're also intended for always-on semi-static content from what I understand, which is nice.
https://www.samsung.com/us/business/displays/pro-tv/bh-serie...
https://www.samsung.com/us/televisions-home-theater/tvs/qled...
Might go some way to explain the costs.
While perhaps true, the extra price you’re paying is all in how they need to reach the same margins without that TV showing ads or otherwise having smart features they can sell.
But that’s the base price people would compare against. A 50% premium to get rid of that creepy stuff is pretty heavy, though it may be less for higher end stuff or newer models.
And the money is only there is the customers are still there.
If they're getting up and walking away with their money (or even demanding it returned for a loss of value), an anti-consumer decision isn't so easy to justify.
I'm never going to buy a TV that tracks what I watch, let alone one that exploits that information to advertise to me.
Whether that's actually true would depend on the picture quality. Paying $800 for a TV that has similar picture quality to a $300 walmart black friday TV is not "reasonable" at all.